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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The</span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"> App</span><span class="f_BodyText"> object represents a running instance of Enterprise Architect. Its object provides access to the Automation Interface.</span></p>
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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">GetObject() Support</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">App</span><span class="f_BodyText"> object is creatable and a handle can be obtained by creating one. In addition, clients can use the equivalent of Visual Basic's </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">GetObject()</span><span class="f_BodyText"> to obtain a reference to a currently running instance of Enterprise Architect.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Use this method to more quickly test changes to Add-Ins and external clients, as the Enterprise Architect application and data files do not have to be constantly re-loaded.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">For example:</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">Dim App as EA.App</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">Set App = GetObject(,&quot;EA.App&quot;)</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">MsgBox App.Repository.Models.Count</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">&nbsp;</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Another example, which uses the</span><span class="f_BodyText"> </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">App</span><span class="f_BodyText"> object without saving it to a variable:</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">Dim Rep as EA.Repository</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">Set Rep = GetObject(, &quot;EA.App&quot;).Repository</span></p>
<p class="p_Code"><span class="f_Code">MsgBox Rep.ConnectionString</span></p>




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